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The Head of Steam, Durham
Durham
DH1 4RZ
Served areas
Head of Steam Durham
Clear skies, a blazing sun, the best tunes in town and the best beers…must be Head of Steam Durham!! Pop in say hi… https://t.co/8Vtagg0pvu
4:26 PM Jun 10th from Reputation.com-Social
Reviews of The Head of Steam (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Head of Steam
I was somehow expecting this pub to be much busier on my Saturday evening visit. Whilst there were no tables on the ground floor, there were plenty spare upstairs.
The ale selection was good and they also offer 3 real ciders. Ales were Cameron's Road Crew, Bad Company Easy Now, Ridgeside Io & Rooster's Baby Faced Assassin & London Thunder. All ciders were from Lilley's - Rhubarb Cider, Apples & Pears & Somerset Scrumpy. I went for the London Thunder, a porter, which was slightly past its best.
I do however enjoy my visits to pubs in the Head of Steam chain. They always offer a good selection of beers, whether it be cask, keg, bottle or cans. This one was no exception.
On 4th August 2020
- rating: 7
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Old Boots left this review about The Head of Steam
Up an alley off North Road, it's a two story building looking a little Swiss. Downstairs contains an L shaped room round two sides of a courtyard. A mix of standard tables and chairs plus more bizarre and uncomfortable choices to rest at. The long counter along the back wall has five pulls, with local and regional beers and two horseshoes of kegs. Slightly engineering feel to the decor, other parts of the decor are beer ads and it’s got a pinball table. Not bad but not my first choice in Durham.
On 6th March 2020
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Aqualung . left this review about The Head of Steam
This has been well described below and is set down an alleyway off North Road past the bus station and JDW coming from the roundabout at the bottom of the station area.
It's modern inside and consists of a wide room with steps leading to an upstairs area.
There are five hand pumps which had Camerons A-Hop-Alypse Now & Cola Bottle Stout, a beer from Two By Two, Sonnet 43 The Right Brew #41 and Leeds Midnight Bell. I went for the Midnight Bell and the Right Brew which was cloudy orange wheat murk but tasted quite nice.
I quite liked this place, it is GBG 2018 listed.
On 3rd December 2017
- rating: 8
[User has posted 2143 recommendations about 2143 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 01 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 20p per pint - last updated 02 April 2018 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 18 September 2016 by Pub SignMan
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 01 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Function Room : Yes last updated 18 September 2016 by Pub SignMan
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 01 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Karaoke : No last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 01 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 01 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Micropub : No last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 10 July 2015 by Quinno _
